A forgotten street was discovered by National Library of Scotland officials in the 1990s when they broke down a small hatch on a wall behind filing cabinets, then crawled through it. The partially preserved street, Libberton's Wynd, gives a glimpse of how Edinburgh looked centuries ago 🏺 #history

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A remarkable discovery in Worcestershire: 1,368 Roman and Iron Age coins, including the largest collection from Nero's reign, have been unearthed. 🏺✨ #History #Archaeology

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William F.C. Nindemann (1850-1913), German-born Arctic explorer, survived 196 days on a drifting ice floe after his ship, the Polaris, was stuck in arctic ice. His next voyage, on the Jeannette, met the same fate. He then survived a 91 day trek across sea ice and marshland to reach help #history

On the Indonesian island of Flores, archaeologists discovered (in 2003) fossils of a diminutive humanoid species, standing only about 3.5 ft tall & weighing 35-79 lbs. Scientifically known as Homo floresiensis, these remains pose a challenge to our understanding of human evolution.
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The Karez/Qanat is an ancient underground irrigation system thought to have originated in Persia ~2,500 years ago, eventually spreading east along the Silk Road to China & Pakistan. Vertical shafts, for ventilation and access, are striking in modern satellite imagery. Many are still in use today 🏺

Satellite imagery research on cattle and deer herds has shown that, when grazing undisturbed, they 'align like compass needles' to face the magnetic North Pole. Also, in humans, time required to reach REM sleep & brain activity differs depending on our facing a north-south direction, or east-west 🧪

The Göbekli Tepe, a Neolithic site in Turkey, features large T-shaped carved limestone pillars ~11,000 years old. The site predates agriculture, metal tools, and pottery. It also predates Stonehenge by 6000 years. Its purpose and how hunter-gatherers managed to build it are intensely debated 🏺

Descending the steps of San Clemente Church in Rome, one can view a "lasagna of history" due to multiple layers; a 12th-cent basilica on top, a 4th-cent church below, and ancient Roman ruins at bottom. The lowest level features a Mithraeum, housing an altar with a relief of Mithras slaying a bull 🏺

A 2,000 y.o. Greek shipwreck off Antikythera Island (discovered 1990), held a strange device that perplexed researchers for years. Now known as the "Antikythera Mechanism" it showed positions of the sun/moon/stars/planets. The user simply turned a calendar dial to any date in the past or future 🏺

The Siberian Ice Maiden, aka Princess of Ukok, is a 2,500 year old well preserved mummified woman. The maiden was between 25 & 28 years old at death. Notable are intricate tattoos adorning her body and her burial with six sacrificed horses, suggesting she held high status in her nomadic society 🏺

Roopkund, or Skeleton Lake, is a high-altitude (16,470 ft) lake in the Indian Himalayas where ~800 human skeletons have been discovered. Cause of death remains a mystery; but research has found that the remains belong to three distinct DNA groups who died in two separate events around 800 & 1800AD 🏺